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Aren't there certain cultures with high saturated fat intake but very low occurrence of heart disease? E.g. Inuits
by dnissley 4y ago
Aren't there certain cultures with high saturated fat intake but very low occurrence of heart disease? E.g. Inuits
- mfer 4y agoThe data on their life expectancy shows it was far lower than average. What caused this? Was it heart disease? Infant mortality? Something else? Did they live long enough on average to get heart disease? The inuits eat more of a western diet now so getting data on their traditional diet must be difficult. In any case, we don't have enough data to justify them as a data point supporting high saturated fat diets.
- dnissley 4y agoWhat data are you looking at? Consider also the Minnesota Coronary Experiment which violates this connection: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/records-found-in-dusty-basement-undermine-decades-of-dietary-advice/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/records-found-in-...
- dnissley 4y agoAlso the French: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_paradox